PETONE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The Petono District High School committee , met r last evening. Present: Messrs HcKenzie (chairman). List "(Secretary), Hill, Abrahall, Cairns, Bird, and Revs. Russell and Thomson. The Rev. H. Braddock wrote, asking for permission to complete the course of after school addresses to scholars commenced last year. The chairman, the Rev. Rusael! and Messrs Cairns and List spoke approvingly of Mr Braddock's work.. The latter said that he understood three more addresses -would complete the course. The request . was granted. " , ' The headmaster's report stated that the aggregate number on the roll was GOl, of whom S 9 (57 boys and 42 girls) were attached to the secondary department. Ho submitted a list of articles required for.the two buildings. It iras decided "to make application! to the Education Board for certain of these. The Education Board notified that further consideration would bo given the request for the establishment of a high school proper in Petono, when an application was received from the Board in conformity with the requirements of the statute. The Rev. Thomson said that apparently- what the department required . was ■ that the application should bo minus tho footnote relative to the necessity of disestablishing the Lower Hurt Difldict High School. which the board bad seen fit to attach to it. Un the motion of the chairman, it was decided to write to the board, requesting it to conform to this requirement. Misses Curtis and TJdy, reported the headmaster, bad been promoted to be pupil teachers. Mr Mills had boon transferred to Khandallah, and Misses Hitchings and Maynard had been appointed crobationer3.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7057, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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